Donna Brazile: Arguing over election winners

6:03 PM,
Nov. 13, 2013

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Donna Brazile

After winning re-election, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said, "The GOP needs to win elections, not arguments." To which Jay Heinrichs, author of the rhetoric handbook "Thank You for Arguing" responded, "Wrong, governor. The election WAS the argument, and you just won."

Christie did indeed, and by a landslide. But there was another nationally watched gubernatorial race: that between Republican Ken Cuccinelli and Democrat Terry McAuliffe in Virginia, in which McAuliffe emerged victorious.

So we know who won the elections. Therefore, we know who won the arguments. ...